XLR Wiring Diagram??

[Brainchild]

I have a low impedence mic,and when I disconnected the cable the male end came out of the mic.Now I need to hook it back up.

It is an Electro Voice mic,and has a red and a black wire coming from the mic.ANd a male XLR connector.

Any help is appreciated

Thanx

[zinkstation]

The XLR connector has pins 3, 2, and 1. Normally, black=3, red(or white)=2, and ground =1. You may have to disassemble the mic to solder inside connections. Sometimes this can be done by removing the hidden sticky panel on or around the switch(if there is a switch).
Best wishes,
Greg Zink

[willy_ph]

Bah, I used to know all this stuff when I was in highschool. Now it escapes my memory.

As zinkstation mentioned, there are 3 pins in a XLR cable. Pin 1 is the shield, pin 2 is the audio "hot" or positive, pin 3 is the negative, or ground.

Some XLR cables come apart by unsrewing the cable end shield, others need a screw removed before you can get at the innards of the connector to work your soldering magic.

[willy_ph]

Here's a diagram of an XLR connection for both the male and female connectors. Best of luck.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~vk6ft/micman/xlr.jpg

Color me confused. Microphones are female, aren't they? The board end is male, I thought.

Incidently, if you wire the ground and positive backwards, it should still work (I think), but you'll be out of phase with the rest of the system. Not a big deal for vocals, and actually ideal for drum mics. I'm pretty sure anyway. The only real difference between XLR and standard 1/4" phono is the shield I think, and I know you can wire those backwards and they'll still work.

Edit: Woops, I had the ends messed up, thanks for the diagram, Willy.

[Tomteriffic]

Whir, you can wire the positive and negative backwards (Pins 2 & 3) and just get a reverse-polarity situation. But if you put that ground anyplace but pin 1, you're gonna induce a gawdawful hum into the proceedings.

Now, if that's what your musical genre calls for, OK, but most of the time you don't wanna do that

Oops. You're right. But we know what I meant right? I always call the negative the ground for some reason. And this from the kid who's dad fixed all sorts of amplifiers and boards for 20 years. (hangs head in shame)

[Tomteriffic]

Originally posted by Whir
Oops. You're right. But we know what I meant right? I always call the negative the ground for some reason. And this from the kid who's dad fixed all sorts of amplifiers and boards for 20 years. (hangs head in shame)

No worries, man I do the same thing when it comes to Neutral and Ground on AC circuits. One of these days I'm gonna blow myself across the room and give myself a cheap home-permanent